CLEVELAND — Five suburban teenage boys were charged with dumping a bucket of urine, water and tobacco spit on a 15-year-old boy with autism who thought he was participating in the ice bucket challenge for charity.

The Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office filed the charges Tuesday in juvenile court against the teens, who are between the ages of 14 and 16.

Three of the teens face juvenile charges of delinquency, assault and disorderly conduct. They will be asked to go with their parents to the Bay Village police station to be booked. The other two teens were charged with disorderly conduct and will be sent summons to appear in court.

All the teens, including the victim, are from Bay Village near Cleveland and attend Bay High School.

The encounter occurred on Aug. 18 at one of the suspect's homes, authorities said. It was reported to police on Sept. 3 after the victim's mother found a video of it on her son's cellphone. "Once we found out about it, we were just horrified,” she told a local news station.

The woman urged the media to share the video widely, and celebrities including Cleveland native Drew Carey offered reward money to catch whoever was involved — although authorities said they knew who dumped the bucket on the teen. Carey later said he would donate the $10,000 he offered to the advocacy organization Autism Speaks if authorities found the teens without needing the reward.

Two days after the incident was reported, students organized a rally in support of the boy, where the dozens who gathered chanted, "No hate in Bay."

Det. Kevin Krolkosky told Fox 8 Cleveland at the time the incident was reported that the video was "disturbing to watch, you can obviously tell that somebody has been taking advantage of there.”

Duane Deskins, the prosecutor in charge of the juvenile division, said in a statement that the victim and the five suspects were friends who would sometimes "engage in distasteful and sophomoric pranks," but added that the fake ice bucket "is clearly different."

Dean Valore, an attorney who represents the boy and his family, said the teen was scarred by the incident but is doing better thanks to the support he's received.

"He wants to be a normal kid," Valore said. "He wants to fit in and he wants to have friends."

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